Davey Johnson of the Washington Nationals and Bob Melvin of the Oakland Athletics have been chosen as managers of the year.

Johnson, an Alamo Heights High alumnus, easily won the NL honor Tuesday after the Nationals bolted to the best record in baseball. Melvin was picked narrowly for the AL award over Baltimore's Buck Showalter in voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

The Nationals announced this month that Johnson, who turns 70 in January, will guide them in 2013, when he will be the oldest manager in the majors.

He's set to become a team consultant in 2014.

"World Series or bust," Johnson said on MLB Network. "It's going to be my last year, anyway."